7. Shaun King on Upcoming “Injustice Boycott Initiative.” “On December the 5th, hundreds of thousands of us are coming together to boycott injustice in this country… not for a day or two days, but our model really is the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted for 381 days until they saw change.”

8. Academia, Love Me Back. “The entire field of academia is broken and erases the narratives of people like me. We all have work to do to fix the lack of diversity and understanding among marginalized communities. We all have work to do.” So good, such an important read.

13. Patton Oswalt: ‘I’ll Never Be at 100 Percent Again.’ “As serious fans of his comedy know, Mr. Oswalt has suffered from depression, but this, he said, was far worse. ‘Depression is more seductive,’ he said. ‘Its tool is: ‘Wouldn’t it be way more comfortable to stay inside and not deal with people?’ Grief is an attack on life. It’s not a seducer. It’s an ambush or worse. It stands right out there and says: ‘The minute you try something, I’m waiting for you.'” Word.

14. Sewing Hope. “12 year old Campbell spends his time making hundreds of teddy bears for sick children.”

On every fourth step, you are meant to fall down. Not occasionally, not once, not twice, but on every fourth step.
The ground opens up, the wind blows, a branch hits you in the head, you trip on stones, your heart breaks, you’ve got to fold the laundry, and they’ve closed the two left lanes.
Here on the fourth step, all the forces gather together to stop you. And some people, when they fall down, they lie there for the rest of their lives.
And some people learn how to fall-down-get-up. That is one move. Fall-down-get-up.